I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

2016
TV-14
1h 29m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

4,6/10

17 k

MA NOTE

Lucy Boynton in I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)

Liretrailer1 min 34 s

1 vidéo

52 photos

Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

Une jeune infirmière s'occupe d'un auteur âgé qui vit dans une maison hantée.Une jeune infirmière s'occupe d'un auteur âgé qui vit dans une maison hantée.Une jeune infirmière s'occupe d'un auteur âgé qui vit dans une maison hantée.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

4,6/10

17 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 2 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Director Oz Perkins includes a few nods to his late father, actor and singer Anthony Perkins, in this film. For example, he includes the song "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song," which is performed by Anthony. Another is a clip from the film "Friendly Persuasion," which starred Anthony.

Gaffes
The narrative of the story says the young bride was brought to the house her husband built for her in 1812, but the dress and hairstyle she is wearing, as a ghost, is from the period of the 1850s to the 1860s. Since she was murdered soon after moving into the house, the dress and hairstyle do not match her backstory.

Citations
Lily: I have heard myself say that a house with a death in it can never again be bought or sold by the living. It can only be borrowed from the ghosts that have stayed behind. To go back and forth, letting out and gathering back in again. Worrying over the floors in confused circles. Tending to their deaths like patchy, withered gardens. They have stayed to look back for a glimpse of the very last moments of their lives. But the memories of their own deaths are faces on the wrong side of wet windows, smeared by rain. Impossible to properly see. There is nothing that chains them to the places where their bodies have fallen. They are free to go, but still they confine themselves, held in place by their looking. For those who have stayed, their prison is their never seeing. And left all alone, this is how they rot.

Connexions
Features La loi du Seigneur (1956)

Bandes originales
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Anthony Perkins and Urbie Green & His Orchestra
Courtesy of RCA Records

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Commentaire en vedette

3/10

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House: Has character but little else

The curiously titled I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House opened with interesting visuals and fantastic narration, true be told I was gripped from the outset.

It tells the story of a nurse who moves in with an old lady who was once a successful author. To say anything more would spoil it, to say anything more would also be difficult as it's rather hard to explain.

So as mentioned the visuals were great and the narration solid, sadly the visuals don't last and the narration isn't enough to save the film. Not even remotely.

The film is certainly unique but I'm not quite sure who it'll appeal to, certainly not someone seeking a horror. It's an unusual little slow burning tale that had me interested but all the while I waited for it to get going.

Alas the movie though charming fails to deliver on any front, at least for me.

The Good:

Really unique style

Great narration

Bob Balaban

The Bad:

Really dull

Goes nowhere

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Ghosts are made by looking for them but pretending not to see

28yrs old? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha NO!